1896 Envelope to London endorsed “Dongola Expedition Force, No Stamps,” WADI HALFA 7 AO 96 cds alongside, Cairo transit and Paddington arrival bs, fine & scarce (Image)

1897 Specialised 1m-10pi mint and used collection mounted on 11 pages with identified ovpt types varieties, multiples, etc., some foxing, fine and useful collection (SG £917+) (Image)

1898 (Wmk rosette) 10pi + 5pi + 1pi tied by blue WADI HALFA 5.XII.98 cds on registered cover to Germany, arrival bs, very fine & scarce (Image)

1903 (Dec 8) soldier’s envelope from “8636 Bugler J, Farrell “H” Company 2nd, Batt. R. Bde. Khartoum Sudan” to England, countersigned by the Commanding officer and bearing 5m red and black with light cds and another strike alongside, Manchester arrival cds on reverse, tear on flap otherwise fine. A very late and rare use for a concessionary rate cover. (Image)

1907 (Feb 16) Picture postcard (Abu Simbel) to Paris, bearing 4m blue and olive-green with indistinct cds (Halfa) and tied by straight-line “*Ville De Bonne*” handstamp in violet, Wadi Halfa-Challal TPO cds alongside, a most unusual item from a river Steamer (Image)

1909 (May) Picture postcard to England, bearing 5m red and black cancelled by superb “Paquebot” handstamp with Suez cds alongside, fine (Image)

1913 (18 Jan) 2m green stationery card, the senders details on reverse given as “Mohamed Tewfic El Habashi 1st. Comp. Equatorial Batt. E.A. Loka. Bahr El Gebel Sudan”, from Rejaf to London, cancelled by fine cds with a further strike below and with Khartoum cds and manuscript arrival notation, a scarce cancellation and most unusual in being underfranked without being surcharged, presumably in error (Image)

1914 (Jan 17) Ligue Nationale Aerienne 5m postal stationery envelope addressed in Pourpe’s handwriting to the President of L.N.A (who sponsored the flight) in Cairo, carried on the return flight from Khartoum to Cairo, uprated by Sudan 3m and 5m stamps tied by Khartoum cds, backstamped Cairo (Jan 21), with circular “POSTE AERIENNE / L.N.A / MARC POURPE / 1913-14 / CAIRE-KHARTOUM” violet cachet, minor soiling, fine and very rare with few known covers from this flight, cert. E Diena (Image)

1921 (Jul 5) De La Rue “Colour Scheme” Appendix sheet, bearing issued 1898 2m to 10p with suggestions written alongside each for new values to be used and the 2p crossed through in red ink with new colours written alongside, and a 3m small format photographic essay pasted in the space for the 5m value, fine and unique (Image)

1922ca. 1m perforated printer’s samples (2), comprising small format in brown and magenta and large format in red and purple, both overprinted “Specimen” (DS1), fine (Image)

1921-23 1m to 15m set of seven, 1927 2p and official punctured “SG” 1922 set of four and 1927 2p, all in strips of three (except 1m which is a pair and a single), affixed to two pieces with each strip cancelled by fine “Specimen / Collection / Mauritanie” handstamp in magenta, a unique group (Image)

1921-23 1m to 15m set of seven each handstamped “Specimen” (BEC 1), traces of gum, a unique group (Image)

1921-23 1m to 15m set of seven imperf. colour trials in issued colours on watermarked paper, the 4m with camels white neck flaw, each handstamped “Specimen” (DS2), mostly gummed, a fine and very rare set (Image)

1921-23 5m olive-brown and black double pane of 120 from the top of the sheet with pillar margins at foot, each overprinted “Specimen” (D16) with a few minor type varieties, a few faults, an exceptional multiple being the only known large multiple with stamps thus overprinted (Cf. p.229/230 of Marcus Samuel handbook) (Image)

1927-41 Specimen Stamps: 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m, 10m, 2p, 4p, 5p, 6p, 8p, 10p and 20p each handstamped “Specimen” in black or violet by the Bechuanaland Receiving Authority, a few traces of gum but mostly without as usual, a unique group (Image)

1927-41 3p red-brown and blue in strip of three, twice cancelled by “Specimen / Collection / Mauritanie” handstamp in magenta and affixed on piece dated in 1951 when a stamp audit took place in St. Louis, traces of foxing otherwise fine (Image)

1927-41 20p imperf. colour trial in blue and black (left marginal) on watermarked ungummed paper, fine (Image)

1927-41 20p imperf. colour trial in blue and black on watermarked ungummed paper, fine, plus 1951 5m printer’s imperforate proof in black and purple on thin pink paper in right marginal block of four (Image)

1935 15m on 10m Gen. Gordon double surcharge variety, very fine corner example, slight hinge trace only (SG £1’000) Expertise: Signed Forester in margin (Image)

1938 Airmail 3pi on 3 1/2pi in complete sheet of 50 (separated in two blocks), mint nh, two stains in the margins where attempts have been made to re-join the block, fine and rare multiple (Image)

1939 Printed envelope used for forwarding small quantities of correspondence with label on reverse “Air Mail / From Malakal” with ms 21.9.1939 and 110kg notation, forwarded to Alexandria with Sudan Airm Mail Malakal cds and Malakal P.O. wax seal, a superb item clearly illustrating how small amounts of airmails were handled (Image)

1940-41 4 1/2pi surcharge on 8p proof sheet of 60 on plain wove paper showing the constant varieties broken fraction on stamp 14, flattened top of 2 on stamp 22, fraction bar as bracket on stamp 38, no serif to 1 on stamp 51, etc., plus pair and 4 1/2pi surch. on 5m proof top right corner block of four (Image)

1940 5m on 10m carmine and black strip of three, cancelled by complete and partial strikes of the “Specimen / Collection / Mauritanie” handstamp in magenta in piece, minor toning around perfs, unique (Image)

1940-41 4 1/2p on 5m strip of three and 4 1/2p on 8p vertical pair and a single, cancelled by complete strikes of the “Specimen / Collection / Mauritanie” handstamp in magenta and affixed to two pieces,traces of foxing, fine and unique (Image)

1941 Tuti Island 1m to 20p set of fifteen, all in strips of three with each cancelled byone or more strikes of the “Specimen / Collection / Mauritanie” handstamp in magenta and affixed to large piece, minor imperfections as usual, a colourful and unique group (Image)